الوسم: enforcement

  • Using the Probe Safely to Avoid Roadside Research Interference

    Using the Probe Safely to Avoid Roadside Research Interference

    Roadside Research is an indie cooperative game that offers fun both for solo players and teams. At first glance, it seems like you’re running a simple gas station, but underneath, it’s a quirky alien simulation where your goal is to gather information on humans without getting caught. As you play, you’ll unlock various items that help with your research.

    One of these items is the Prober. True to alien style, probing customers with it provides you with important data to improve your gas station and help with your invasion plans.

    How to Unlock the Prober

    By running your gas station, you’ll earn Alien Points. These points are used to unlock alien technologies that help your investigation and earn you even more points. The first piece of alien tech you’ll unlock is the camera, leading up to the Prober.

    The Prober costs 10,000 points. Once you have enough, you can purchase it to enhance your research capabilities.

    How to Use the Prober

    The Prober resembles a gun and needs to be used on a human standing still for a long period. If they move or get offended, it can alert security agents, putting you in danger. Once you unlock the Prober, you can buy more automatic versions that are less noticeable but tend to be more expensive.

    When approaching a customer, crouch behind them and aim the Prober at their lower body. A mini-game will appear where you need to pay attention to vibrations. Use your mouse or controller to move around the circle to find the strongest vibrations, then hold down the corresponding button until the expanding circle matches the stationary one.

    Probing Customers at Gas Pumps: It’s best to target customers standing still at gas pumps since they don’t move around much.

    Using the Prober on Agents

    After probing three customers, you’ll be tasked with using the Prober on an agent and surviving. You’ll need teamwork and good timing. When agents show up to investigate you, have a teammate shoot them with the Laser Gun to knock them out.

    Keep shooting them whenever they try to stand up as you use the Prober. Even if they flail from the Laser Gun, the mini-game still works. Successfully completing this lets you use the Brain Washer to erase their memories so they leave without suspicion.

  • Mexico targets vape sales with new 8-year jail threat

    Mexico targets vape sales with new 8-year jail threat

    Mexico’s Senate has approved new laws that could result in prison sentences of up to eight years and fines reaching 226,000 pesos ($12,500) for manufacturing or selling vapes and electronic cigarettes. These stricter enforcement measures are seen by critics as overly harsh.

    The amendments to the General Health Law, approved late Wednesday by pro-government senators after passing the lower chamber on Tuesday, now await the president’s signature. President Claudia Sheinbaum supports the legislation.

    Sheinbaum stated, “Many believe that switching from tobacco cigarettes to vapes is safe, but in reality, some vapes can be even more harmful than cigarettes. Both should be avoided.”

    Mexico, which banned smoking in most public areas approximately twenty years ago as part of its anti-tobacco efforts, has lately shifted focus toward restricting vape sales. Similar bans are in place in Argentina and Brazil due to health concerns.

    However, the use of vapes remains legal in Mexico.

    The government is collaborating with state authorities to combat illegal markets, particularly because of worries about organized crime involvement. Sheinbaum did not specify when the new regulations will take effect.

    Opposition senator Luis Colosio criticized the reforms, labeling them as excessively prohibitive. During Thursday’s debate, he argued the government is avoiding its regulatory responsibilities by opting for outright bans instead of industry oversight.

    “Prohibition is an easy fix for problems they either don’t want to or can’t control,” Colosio commented.

    Despite the new laws, vapes and e-cigarettes are still widely available in Mexico City stores, and authorities have yet to address street vendors.

    Valentina, a local resident, told Milenio TV, “It would be better if they banned them altogether because I keep buying them, and truthfully, they’re very affordable everywhere.”